Tajikistan announce squad for India friendly

Tajikistan will host the Indian national team in an international friendly match in Khujand on August 14.

Tajikistan’s national coach Mukhsin Mukhamadiev has called-up a 23-member squad to take on Wim Koevermans’ boys at the 20-Letie Nezavisimosti Stadium (20 Years of Independence Stadium).

Experienced midfielder Khurshed Mahmudov will be leading the Central Asian side. The Tajikistan national team is build out of home-based players from the Tajik League, while 2012 runners-up FC Istiqlol Dushanbe will be represented by nine players in the squad.

Tajikistan is ranked 114th in the latest FIFA World Rankings.

Tajikistan Squad

Goalkeepers: Alisher Tuychiev, Rustam Rizoev, Abdulaziz Makhkamov

Defenders: Sokhib Suvonkulov, Eraj Rajabov, Akhtam Nazarov, Daler Tukhtasunov, Khasan Rustamov, Manuchekhr Akhmadov, Siyovakhsh Asrorov

Midfielders: Jamshed Ismailov, Dilshod Vasiev, Ibrahim Rabimov, Jakhongir Jalilov, Khurshed Mahmudov [C], Khurshed Mahmudov, Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev, Mahmadali Sodikov, Abdusamad Khojiboev

Forwards: Akhtam Khamroqulov, Kamil Saidov, Jahongir Ergashev, Davronjon Tukhtasunov

Coach: Mukhsin Mukhamadiev